Is Your Child a Visual Learner?

Mom was surprised to learn her child was a visual learner. She had been through two psycho-educational tests. Then she had tried a tutor, then a dyslexia program and then a second dyslexia program. Then a friend suggested she look at

Then she read our book, The 3D Learner and was convinced her child was a visual learner and a gifted visual learner to boot.

Then she started to read about the attention, eye-teaming, processing speed and working memory problems the visual learner often but not always has.

Visual Learner – Parents You Have Options

Mom added, there were two problems that did not make sense to me. One, my child had a large vocabulary but could not understand the small words.

Then, my child could remember things he had seen and experienced, but he could see a word on one line and not recognize it on the next line.

Then she read the quote from Dr. Silverman’s book Upside Down Brilliance and read,

“Phonics instruction does not need to be eliminated altogether, but sight word vocabulary needs to be built first. Then whole words or syllables can be compared and the pattern recognition capacities of the visual-spatial learner can be brought to bear”.

Now, for the first time, mom realized that phonics was important, but it was critical to first understand what the sight words mean and to learn how to recognize words he had previously seen and not mastered.

Given her son was a visual learner and appeared to have both an attention and an eye-teaming issue, she asked if there was any test for these three conditions.

We have done exactly that with our Success Assessment that screens for the visual learner and whether your child has an attention, eye-teaming or related challenge. You can do this with your child at no cost, you will get immediate feedback and you can call us at 561-361-7495 for a Stress to Success Strategy Session. Start by clicking on Success Assessment.

Does your child learn best when he or she sees and experiences information?

Does your child skip words and lines when reading?

Does your child lose focus when bored or frustrated?

Is your child a lot smarter than their present reading comprehension level?

After they had answered yes to all give questions. Matthew asked, does that mean she is dyslexic or that she learns differently and has a vision and attention issue.

Susan answered, “This means she is a visual-spatial learner, who has both an attention and a visual tracking issue.

Susan and Matthew had been frustrated with two proposals they had gotten:

– A Wilson Reading Coach (R) said it normally takes 3 years to get through their program — with our reading program

– A Sylvan Learning Center estimated over 300 hours for their child

3D Learner strives to achieve Success in Months and Not Years — and we are often very successful because we teach the way the visual-spatial learner learners, we identify and address the relevant issues and we help the parents to be the coach and advocate their child needs.

Matthew, who was an understanding dad asked, three questions:

1- Susan really feels guilty about all this. Do you have something that could help?

2- It sounds like our child, but do you have a way we could screen for the learning difference and the related issues

3- If we find this is our child, who do we speak to

Mira has written a book, “Life is a Ball, Do Not Put Me in a Box” that describes these incredible kids. We had two like this. A parent might feel guilty, but there should be no guilt — since very few people understand these bright visual-spatial learners

We do offer a no cost screening assessment at www.3dlearner.com

Then you call us a debrief — all at no cost

The good news is that most bright visual-spatial learners can succeed in months and not years, if the student is taught the way he or she learns best, the relevant issues are addressed and the parents learn how to be the coach and advocate their child needs.